[TL;DR: Kick it deep, Dave! We need more touchbacks!]
One of the primary gripes this year among NC State football fans has been the kickoff philosophy of head coach Dave Doeren. That philosophy is to kick the ball just short of the end zone, angled towards the sideline. This approach uses the sideline to narrow the available field for the return man, thus providing a tighter window for the coverage team to get downfield and make a stop inside the 25 yardline (where the team would get the ball via a touchback). In theory, the coverage team makes the stop inside the 25-yardline, thus putting the defense in a better starting position than it would be via a touchback.